Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
This has now become Important Context’s biggest story ever.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This has now become Important Context’s biggest story ever.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
So where is Bari Weiss, that great defender of free speech?
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social [Plato cont] One wonders how Texas A&M will teach Shakespeare considering at least 5 of his plays (12th Night, As You Like It, etc.) used gender switching as key plot devices and all female roles were originally written for and played by male actors.
Texas A&M Bans Philosophy Prof. From Teaching Plato Because of "Gender Ideology"
“Silencing 2,500-year-old ideas from one of the world’s most influential thinkers betrays the mission of higher education.”
www.erininthemorning.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
So where is Bari Weiss, that great defender of free speech?
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
“For years, the political right has been ratcheting up eliminationist rhetoric against transgender Americans and dismissing their identities as ideology. At the 2023 CPAC, conservative commentator Michael Knowles called to “eradicate” so-called “transgenderism” from public life.”
This has now become Important Context’s biggest story ever.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
“For years, the political right has been ratcheting up eliminationist rhetoric against transgender Americans and dismissing their identities as ideology. At the 2023 CPAC, conservative commentator Michael Knowles called to “eradicate” so-called “transgenderism” from public life.”
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Normalising the language of contempt was the precursor to legitimising assaults on Americans.
Trans ppl were targeted first: Vitriol on X justified real-world attacks, a pattern that is repeating and is now threatening to consume the US. My story is below and my thoughts in this🧵
Trans ppl were targeted first: Vitriol on X justified real-world attacks, a pattern that is repeating and is now threatening to consume the US. My story is below and my thoughts in this🧵
After the mother of a 6-year-old was gunned down by ICE Laura Loomer made fun of the pronouns in her online bio.
Today on Assigned, @billiejsweeney.bsky.social describes how contempt has been normalized by our media, enabling greater and greater atrocities.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Today on Assigned, @billiejsweeney.bsky.social describes how contempt has been normalized by our media, enabling greater and greater atrocities.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Contempt Is the Foundation for the War on Trans People — Assigned
Bred on social media platforms and legitimized by mainstream outlets, the language of contempt for fellow human beings endangers us all. Trans people have been the early targets.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Normalising the language of contempt was the precursor to legitimising assaults on Americans.
Trans ppl were targeted first: Vitriol on X justified real-world attacks, a pattern that is repeating and is now threatening to consume the US. My story is below and my thoughts in this🧵
Trans ppl were targeted first: Vitriol on X justified real-world attacks, a pattern that is repeating and is now threatening to consume the US. My story is below and my thoughts in this🧵
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Congratulations @samfeder.bsky.social and @heightenedscrutinydoc.com, announced yesterday as a nominee for Outstanding Documentary in the GLADD Media Awards coming up on March 5th!
glaad.org/mediaawards/...
glaad.org/mediaawards/...
37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominees | GLAAD
See the full list of nominees for the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
glaad.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Congratulations @samfeder.bsky.social and @heightenedscrutinydoc.com, announced yesterday as a nominee for Outstanding Documentary in the GLADD Media Awards coming up on March 5th!
glaad.org/mediaawards/...
glaad.org/mediaawards/...
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Chicago area friends, please join me this Wednesday 1/7/2026 at the Geneva Public Library for a free screening of this documentary!
Thank you @heightenedscrutinydoc.com and @samfeder.bsky.social for their assistance, and @lillywachowski.bsky.social for the Chicago screening that inspired this one.
Thank you @heightenedscrutinydoc.com and @samfeder.bsky.social for their assistance, and @lillywachowski.bsky.social for the Chicago screening that inspired this one.
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Chicago area friends, please join me this Wednesday 1/7/2026 at the Geneva Public Library for a free screening of this documentary!
Thank you @heightenedscrutinydoc.com and @samfeder.bsky.social for their assistance, and @lillywachowski.bsky.social for the Chicago screening that inspired this one.
Thank you @heightenedscrutinydoc.com and @samfeder.bsky.social for their assistance, and @lillywachowski.bsky.social for the Chicago screening that inspired this one.
Now you can watch my current film @heightenedscrutinydoc.com. For one week only it will be available at, gathr.com/vod/9320a621...
HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY - Video On Demand - Gathr
With the dangerous SCOTUS decision upholding the ban on life-saving healthcare, Heightened Scrutiny is an urgent call to action against bigotry and injustice. HEIGHT...
gathr.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Now you can watch my current film @heightenedscrutinydoc.com. For one week only it will be available at, gathr.com/vod/9320a621...
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
ahoy!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY - Video On Demand - Gathr
With the dangerous SCOTUS decision upholding the ban on life-saving healthcare, Heightened Scrutiny is an urgent call to action against bigotry and injustice. HEIGHT...
gathr.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ahoy!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Pay close attention: the GOP and Trump are going to go hard against abortion rights. This maneuver on ACA subsidies is just the beginning.
www.upi.com/amp/Top_News...
www.upi.com/amp/Top_News...
Senate Republicans tie healthcare subsidies to abortion limits
The government shutdown is on track to end with no resolution for expiring healthcare subsidies, and Democrats say Republicans want an abortion ban.
www.upi.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Pay close attention: the GOP and Trump are going to go hard against abortion rights. This maneuver on ACA subsidies is just the beginning.
www.upi.com/amp/Top_News...
www.upi.com/amp/Top_News...
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
join me and my pals at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social where i'll be bringing my patented run-on sentences and cul-de-sac musings to this panel for new doc by the brilliant @samfeder.bsky.social
tickets are limited!
tickets are limited!
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
join me and my pals at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social where i'll be bringing my patented run-on sentences and cul-de-sac musings to this panel for new doc by the brilliant @samfeder.bsky.social
tickets are limited!
tickets are limited!
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Chicago friends - don’t miss @LillyWachowski.bsky.social, @SamFeder.bsky.social and friends at a special Heightened Security documentary screening and Q&A!
join me and my pals at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social where i'll be bringing my patented run-on sentences and cul-de-sac musings to this panel for new doc by the brilliant @samfeder.bsky.social
tickets are limited!
tickets are limited!
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Chicago friends - don’t miss @LillyWachowski.bsky.social, @SamFeder.bsky.social and friends at a special Heightened Security documentary screening and Q&A!
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Just got the chance to watch @heightenedscrutinydoc.com by @samfeder.bsky.social at UW Simpson Center for the Humanities. @chasestrangio.bsky.social is a f-ing hero and the @aclu.org is doing kickass work even when the odds are stacked against us. Looking for shreds of hope.
October 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Just got the chance to watch @heightenedscrutinydoc.com by @samfeder.bsky.social at UW Simpson Center for the Humanities. @chasestrangio.bsky.social is a f-ing hero and the @aclu.org is doing kickass work even when the odds are stacked against us. Looking for shreds of hope.
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
I just left a screening of @samfeder.bsky.social’s movie, followed by a Q&A with him that included the lovely @lillywachowski.bsky.social.
This a wonderful, important film. If it is screening anywhere near you make the effort to see it. If it is not, request it!
This a wonderful, important film. If it is screening anywhere near you make the effort to see it. If it is not, request it!
October 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I just left a screening of @samfeder.bsky.social’s movie, followed by a Q&A with him that included the lovely @lillywachowski.bsky.social.
This a wonderful, important film. If it is screening anywhere near you make the effort to see it. If it is not, request it!
This a wonderful, important film. If it is screening anywhere near you make the effort to see it. If it is not, request it!
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Just saw an important documentary at the Siskel Film Center—“Heightened Scrutiny.” Very much enjoyed it and the conversation afterward with its director, @samfeder.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Just saw an important documentary at the Siskel Film Center—“Heightened Scrutiny.” Very much enjoyed it and the conversation afterward with its director, @samfeder.bsky.social
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesn’t carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
September 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesn’t carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
i’m gonna say it again and again:
everything they do in Gaza is a test for what they want to do elsewhere, and eventually, here.
everything they do in Gaza is a test for what they want to do elsewhere, and eventually, here.
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
September 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
i’m gonna say it again and again:
everything they do in Gaza is a test for what they want to do elsewhere, and eventually, here.
everything they do in Gaza is a test for what they want to do elsewhere, and eventually, here.
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
THURSDAY: @heightenedscrutinydoc.com Q&A screening.
Join @samfeder.bsky.social at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social in Pleasantville, NY!
🎟️: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/heig... #heightenedscrutiny
Join @samfeder.bsky.social at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social in Pleasantville, NY!
🎟️: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/heig... #heightenedscrutiny
August 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
THURSDAY: @heightenedscrutinydoc.com Q&A screening.
Join @samfeder.bsky.social at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social in Pleasantville, NY!
🎟️: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/heig... #heightenedscrutiny
Join @samfeder.bsky.social at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social in Pleasantville, NY!
🎟️: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/heig... #heightenedscrutiny
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
New: Israel is starving Palestinians, forcing them to beg for donations on sites like Bluesky. Their accounts keep getting flagged as spam. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam
People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New: Israel is starving Palestinians, forcing them to beg for donations on sites like Bluesky. Their accounts keep getting flagged as spam. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Netanyahu prolongs Gaza war and Palestinian misery to keep himself in office and avoid prison on personal corruption charges. His moral rot happens to facilitate the goals of the racist right wing and religious zealots in Israeli politics. Who will stop the evil? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w...
Netanyahu Broadly Criticized at Home and Abroad After New Gaza Plan
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Netanyahu prolongs Gaza war and Palestinian misery to keep himself in office and avoid prison on personal corruption charges. His moral rot happens to facilitate the goals of the racist right wing and religious zealots in Israeli politics. Who will stop the evil? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w...
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Alyx, a 15 year veteran of the Air Force was approved for early retirement in May. The Trump admin suddenly revoked it on Wednesday because of the trans military ban.
She'll lose out on healthcare and pension benefits as a result.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
She'll lose out on healthcare and pension benefits as a result.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Air Force revokes approved retirement for trans service members: 'Complete and utter betrayal'
Alyx, who has served in the Air Force for 15 years, said the ban and having her retirement rescinded has put her in a precarious financial situation.
www.nbcnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Alyx, a 15 year veteran of the Air Force was approved for early retirement in May. The Trump admin suddenly revoked it on Wednesday because of the trans military ban.
She'll lose out on healthcare and pension benefits as a result.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
She'll lose out on healthcare and pension benefits as a result.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Thank you for making an excellent documentary.
July 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thank you for making an excellent documentary.
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
"#Disclosure was a field study in representation that could be applied to any marginalized community, #HeightenedScrutiny is a field study that can be applied to the ways in which the media has skewed the public’s perception of all marginalized people." @samfeder.bsky.social
‘They Were Able to Pass These Bills Because of Anti-Trans Media Bias’: Documentary filmmaker Sam Feder on the backlash to trans visibility
"Heightened Scrutiny examines the relationship between the media’s coverage of trans rights and the anti-trans legislation we have seen balloon."
fair.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"#Disclosure was a field study in representation that could be applied to any marginalized community, #HeightenedScrutiny is a field study that can be applied to the ways in which the media has skewed the public’s perception of all marginalized people." @samfeder.bsky.social
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
The Moveablefest interviewed @heightenedscrutinydoc.com's dir. @samfeder.bsky.social and producer Amy Scholder. Read: moveablefest.com/sam-feder-am... #heightenedscrutiny
Sam Feder and Amy Scholder on "Heightened Scrutiny"
The filmmakers discuss their must-see doc about ACLU attorney Chase Strangio making the case for trans rights in court and outside of it.
moveablefest.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Moveablefest interviewed @heightenedscrutinydoc.com's dir. @samfeder.bsky.social and producer Amy Scholder. Read: moveablefest.com/sam-feder-am... #heightenedscrutiny
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Further proof that 99% of the time when a famous person talks about cancel culture, they mean “I suffered the indignity of a rejection and my ego couldn’t handle it.”
and here's David Mamet revealing that getting snubbed by Terry Gross is what radicalized him into conservatism
August 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Further proof that 99% of the time when a famous person talks about cancel culture, they mean “I suffered the indignity of a rejection and my ego couldn’t handle it.”
Reposted by Sam Feder 🐳
Stop the war.
Free the hostages.
Surge Aid.
End the occupation.
Find our way back to the humanity Judaism requires.
Free the hostages.
Surge Aid.
End the occupation.
Find our way back to the humanity Judaism requires.
August 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Stop the war.
Free the hostages.
Surge Aid.
End the occupation.
Find our way back to the humanity Judaism requires.
Free the hostages.
Surge Aid.
End the occupation.
Find our way back to the humanity Judaism requires.